JEE Main20203 Sep 2020Evening ShiftChemistryHaloalkanes and HaloarenesActual
The decreasing order of reactivity of the following compounds towards nucleophilic substitution ( S N 2 ) is:
Options
- A(II) > (III) > (I) > (IV)
- B(II) > (III) > (IV) > (I)
- C(III) > (II) > (IV) > (I)
- D(IV) > (II) > (III) > (I)
Correct answer
B. (II) > (III) > (IV) > (I)
Step-by-step solution
Rate   of   S N 2   reation   α   Electrophilicity   of   alkyl   carbon   α   1 Steric   crowding   on   R - X S N 2 reaction depend upon - I ,   - M , effect. - I , - M group increases the rate of S N 2 reaction.